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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLEt I C ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
olume XXVI. No. 2
flDEALS" THE THEME
OF DR. RAPEKS TALK
Don't Let Your Ideals. Get Rustf and
So Spoil Your Chances for Real
Worth," is the Advice Giver, the.
Men of the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday
In an interesting, timely, and
lighly practical talk to the Young
Men's Christian Association last
fTuesday evening at 7 :30 in Ger
ard IIM1, Dr. C. L., Raper clear-
y pointed out and explained the
lecessary essentials to a success
ful college career.
"As we gather together year af
ter year, wea re confronted with
new conditions, surroundings and
environments, with which each of
us, as a citizen of the college com
munity, a part and parcel of col
lege life, should cboperate to the
best of our ability. And in co
operating with these strange' and
new conditions each should care
for his own physical, mental, and
spiritual welfare."
In the course of his remarks,
Dr. Raper asserted that each year
many students entered the Univer
sity inspired with splendid ideals
to do something good continually
for themselves, their fellow-men,
and the University, but in many
cases only to have those ideals
crushed by their own failure,
through carelessness and neglect
to seize the opportunities confront
ing them at the beginning of the
term, to perform the duties as
signed them in their courses; in
short, to cooperate with the move
ments that are everywhere work
ing for their welfare movements
which they consider too' serious
for their participation. The student-who,
upon entering college,
has a definite goal before him, and
continually works to reach that
goal, very seldom needs to be
prodded on to more assiduous at
tention to his studies. ... It is the
man who fails to realize the aim
of college work who neglects study,
seeks every opportunity to; grat
class on pleas of sickness and all
manner of excuses, and when in
the class room is idle, restless, dis
organizing, and inattentive.
In conclusion, Dr. Raper warn
ed that "snobs" and "snobbishness'
are two things which every stu
dent should take care to :;;roid dur:
ing his stay on the Hill. He-referred
to the Y. M. 0. A. as the
culmination of centuries of ex
perience in religious organization.
In telling of his visit to three
training camps this summer, he
showed how that in many ways
the Y. M. 0. A. is fulfilling its
mission to help, to lead men to
help not only themselves but others
as well. How well the Y. M. C.
A. will fulfill this mission on the
campus depends upon us, and in
a community such as ours nothing
can better strengthen a man than
the responsibiity this idea carries
with it, Dr. Raper thinks.
The Y. M. C. A. directory is
under way. Men who have not
yet been seen in regard to name,
room, and class will help the as
sociation greatly in getting out a
complete directory if they furnish
this information by writing it on
a slip of paper and dropping the
slip into the slot of the office, door
of the Y. M. 0. A.
CHAPEL
Obey That Impulse
Hear, ye sons of rhyme and
poesy, notice is hereby served on
you to get all your material for
the magazine in at once. Hearken
to the promptings of the muse for
the night, comet h when the son of
man worketh not.
The following are the men who
during the session 1916-17 made
Phi Beta Kappa:
Messrs. Marsh, Linker, Gwynn,
John, Armstrong, Stephenson, II.
V. Wilson, Herty, Neiman, Oet
tinger. The big oak overshadowing the
campus well was badly damaged
during the summer when a heavy
wind tore from its trunk the huge
limb next to the ground. The limb
of the old tree had for two years
been the nest of a large swarm of
Italian bees. To bee or not to
bee.
Freshmen, you are hereby con
gratulated ! Faculty, beware !
The Library reports that the only
fines for books kept overtime have
all, so far, been levied on a much
protesting faculty, whereas the
mass of confused Freshmen have
kept enought of their scattered wits
about them to apply their military
punctuality to student life, or
was that chocolate shake the prime
motive.
Nomination for Officers
in Athletic Association
Cheer Leader, Bob Devereux,
Jimmie Howell, J. Y. Jordan.
Rep. on Athletic Council W.
C. Fiemster, Jr., R..E. Price.
Manager Varsity Baseball Team
G. D. Holding, J. B. Linker.
Assistant Managers Varsity
Baseball Team L. II. Hodges,
T. P. Grim, C. J. Hardee, F. G.
Miles. '
Sub-Assistant Managers Varsi
ty Baseball Emerson White, R.
W. Pulliam, S. B. Allen.
Manager Freshman Football
Ralph Pippin, W. T. Price.
Assistant Managers Varsity
Basketball -J. C. Bynum, J. S.
Ficklen.
Sub-Assistant Managers Varsi
ty Basketball II. S. Everett, F.
S. Hurley, W. A. Royall, Branerd
Whiting Bill Dowd.
Assistant Managers Varsity
Track Team N. T. Gooding, S.
J. Calvert, E. S. Merritt.
Assistant Editors Tar Heel V.
S. Bryant, Jr., J. S. Terry, II.
V. Wilson, Jr., Albert Oettinger.
W. C. George, '11, former in
structor in Botany in the Univer
sity, is spending the week on the
Hill taking examinations for his
Doctor's degree.
As the Tar Heel goes to press,
returns seem to indicate the elec
tion of Buzz Tennent as represen
tative at large on the student
council.
Don't forget the standard time
piece now hanging in the Alumni
building. It is the duty of every
Carolina man to keep his watch,
wrist or otherwise, with the new
teller of our minutes.
HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 1917
At a joint meeting of the mil
itary faculty and the committee
on athletics last Monday after
noon at three o'clock, it was de
cided to rearrange the military
schedule to the extent of having
three days each week open for
athletic pursuits, causing the
drill to be held for two hours on
the other days. . Captain Allen,
Lieut. Leonard, Mr. Whitfield,
Dr. Mangum, Mr. Woollen, and
Albert Coates finally agreed to
have the schedule as follows:
1. Military drill Monday, Wed
nesday, and Friday, and Tues
day, Thursday, and Saturday to
be open for athletic exercises.
This program to take effect
Tuesday Sept. 25.
This agreement was made in
order to give all who desired to
do so an opportunity to report
for coaching on various athletic
squads. For those who do not
report to these squads, hikes
will be arranged, in order that
they may have regular exercise
work on these days.
HUNTING THE BOCHE
WITH CAPTAIN ALLEN
Trench Warfare Depicted by Canad
ian Officer Military Committee
Forming Plans for Similar War
fare Battalion Getting in Shape
The members of the battalion
have been fighting the war with
tlie Allies for the past few morn
ings, and all have pronounced the
talks by Captain Allen to have
an original flavor that is as de
lightful as the talks are interest
ing. The men have charged in
fancy across No Man's Land with
the gallant Canadians, lobbed
bombs with the sturdy British,
and, shoulder to shoulder;, with the
men of France, have crossed bayo-
I nets with the Roche. The terrible
and much discussed tanks now
seem like an old acquaintance,
while such terms as enfilading
fire, sapheads, attacking waves,
etc., are commonly understood
along with such trite things as the
binomial theorem and Newton's
Laws.
The wonders of the German
trenches with their luxurious dug
outs, along with the nonchalant
manner in which the Allies muss
up the same, have been explained
by one who saw the thing him
self. Captain Allen's simple dis
cription of the taking of Vimy
Ridge leads one to believe that all
the British did was to' roll out of
i their blankets one fine morning,
consult their watches, stretch,
yawn, gallop over the ridge and
eat cold slaw and sausage on the
other side.
Tear gas is used a great deal
in this country by Fourth of July
orators, and so the men felt more
or less familiar with that variety.
The chlorine gas was stranger, and
the explanation of the gas mask,
and the demonstration of its use
caused a stir in the assembly.
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What's to Happen and When
Monday, September 24 Cha
pel, F. F. Bradshaw.
Thursday, September 27iCha
pel, W. M. York; Y. M, C. A.
Discussion led by Albert Coates
in Gerrard Hall at 7:15 P. M.
Wednesday, September 2Q
Chapel, President Graham.
, Thursday, Septembre 27 Cha
pel, A. M. Coates.
Friday, September 28 Chapel,
Musical Selection.
Tar Heel Contest On
Yon men in the three upper
classes. Now is your chance to
get a place on the Tar Heel staff.
If you do not already hold an
office under the Athletic Associa
tion,' keep an eye out for stray
items of interest and write them
up in fresh, and snappy style. If
you can deliver the goods you will
be nominated to fill one of the two,
vacant places .on the Board. Four
men will, be nominated, , and two,
elected. Get. busy right now. and
let's see what, yon have in you.
You may be a journalist and don't
know it. ...
On last Wednesday night the
Rockingham County Club met in
the Y. M. C. A. and reorganized
for the year. L. II. Hodges was
elected President and R. B.
Gwyn, Secretary and Treasurer.
W. E. Price was, appointed as
special representative in the North
Carolina Club. ; There are three
new men from the county ithis
year, ten in all, and the club in
tends to continue its special coun
ty work in conjunction, with, the
N. C. Club. '
The first meeting of the N. C.
O. class will be held Monday night
at 7 :25 in Gerrard Hall. All men
who- have places as provisional
officers are urged to attend this
class.
Di Society Initiates
and Elects New Officers
An important meeting of the
Di Society was held last Saturday
night, at which election of officers
took place. E. V. Moss, An
drews, and Ed. Burdick were also
admitted to the society. It is with
great satisfaction that the officials
announce that handbooks of the re
vised Constitution have been
printed and will be presented to
Freshmen when they join this
coming Saturday night. The ef
forts of the Society to have these
handbooks printed and distributed
have at last met with success and
considerable expense has been in
curred in order to publish the
books. A large number of new
men is expected to join at the
next meeting.
The new officers follow:
President, W. York, (unani
mous) ; Vice-President, W. .0.
Eaton ; Secretary, N. Mobley ;
First Censor, II, S. Terry; Sec
ond Censor, J. L. Poston; Re
corder of the Finance Committee,
C. Voglef; Recorder of the Con
stitutional Committee, F. A. Claf
voe ; Second Corrector, J. Cooke ;
Graveyard, L. L. Spann.
Ray Armstrong was selected to
fill out former-President .Edney's
unexpired term.
That Freshman corporal with
the falsetto voice who said he hated
to speak roughly to his squad is
entirely too cruel to go against the
gentle Germans. No home-grown
frightfulness, thank you.
It is rumored that a few chapel
seats are left, and the number is
hourly decreasing. If you are
still cherishing the hope of getting
one, see Dr. Wilson. Go early and
avoid the rush.
Price, Five Cent
AUTUMN INITIATIONS
HELD BY FRATERNITIES
Scarcity of Visitors to the Hill Due to
War Time Conditions Many Men
in Uniform Come Back on Leave
for Farewell Visits
Beta of Delta Kappa Epsilon
initiated the following men:
W. B. Daniels, Washington, D.
C; W. A. Blount, Jr., Washing
ton, N.C.; A. Z. Travis, Weldon,
N. C. ; F. J. Liipfert, Wmston
Salem, N. C. ; J. S. Cranmer, Wil
mington, N. C. ; J. G. Proctor,
Lumberton, N. C; J. E. Dovvd,
Charlotte, N C; R. Patrick
Henry, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Lieutenants Dawcey Pruden,
Bruce Webb, E. K. Proctor, and
Messrs. A, C. Zollicoffer and J. D.
Proctor were on the "Hill" for
the initiation.
Upsilon of Kappa Alpha initi
ated Ralph Ogburn, Winston-Salem
; Harry Barbee, Raleigh ;
Stanley Travis, Don Daniel, and
Sidney Allen, all of Weldon, N. C.
Lieutenants Wilson Dal ton,
Hkim Horton, and George Nor
wood attended the initiation.
Eta Beta of Beta Theta Pi ini
tiated Allen Martin, of Winston
Salem; Elliott Grandin, Tidioute,
Pa.; Arthur Spaugh, Winston-Salem
; Robert Frazier, Greensboro.
On the jlill for initiation were
Grimsley Taylor, Bob Vaughn
Francis Jordan, Tommy Wood,
and Henry Graves.
Alpha Delta of Alpha Tau
Omega initiated the following: .
William Poindexter, Winston
Salem; Louis MacMillan, Wil
mington; Keppell Faulkner,
Goldsboro ; Robert A. Ross, Mor
ganton; Allen Gant, Burlington,
Hugh Smith, Jim McCloud, and
the Trinity Chapter of A T. 0.
attended initiation.
Xi of Sigma Alpha Epsilon ini
tiated W. A. Royall, Goldsboro,
N. C, and R. N. Harding, of
Commerce, Oa. -
Lieutenant Gerald Cowan, of
Asheville, attended the initiation.
Kappa of Pi Kappa Phi initi
ated E. P. Spruill, Jr., Raleigh;
C. E. Chinnis, Wilmington ; Na
than Mobley, Charlotte; J. C. By
num, Durham.
The list of visitors included W.
II. Currie, J. Sheppard Bryan
and the Trinity Chapter of Pi
Kappa Phi. '
Alpha Mu of Kappa Sigma ini
tiated the following.
Leo. II. Harvey, Kinston, N. C.
Edward Bizzell, Goldsboro, N.
C. ; William Berry Thompson,
Goldsboro, N. C. ; Robert Jones,
Newbern, N. C ; Lacy Adams,
Gaston ia, N. C.
Beta of Phi Delta Theta initi
ated the following: . - ' ' '
Carl Robinson, Wadesbaro'
William Snider, Salisbury; Wil
liam Neal, Louisburg, . N: C. i
French Toms, Asheville.' ,
Visitors were G. W RufHn,
Courtney Edgerton, Weldon Ed-1
gerton, and "Prof." Edgerton,
Colonel Cox, of Wadesboro, and
Mr. Tyson, 'of Carthage.
Tau of Pi Kappa Alpha initi
ated the following:
Glen Holt, Burlington; Tom
Pace, Henderson ; Houston Ever
ett, Rockingham.
Visitors included L. P. Renn,
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